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...elaborate crest at the top of a postcard caught Vag's attention one morning. Looking down, past the "Est. 1639" and the "By Special Appointment to H.R.H.," Vag learned that an itinerant representative of Scott and Hanbury Ltd. (Military and Civil Tailors of 43 Knight st., London S.W.1) would soon receive clients at the Parker House...
...weeks, or rather a fortnight, later, unconcerned in old shoes and an odd jacket, Vag announced himself to the Parker House receptionist. When he arrived upstairs at the Scott-Hanbury suite, a somber man with an ingrown chin asked him to be seated in the entrance hall. Vag was not alone. Two familiar Cambridge faces, supported by matching neckties, were talking nearby...
...Vag was beginning to feel out of his depth, but just then the Master came striding out of the fitting room. He was closely followed by a distinguished, but jacket-less fellow with a tape measure around his neck, and by a shorter, less distinguished man with a fitting form. The one with the form, clearly a lesser type, picked imaginary threads from the Master's suit. His more distinguished colleague handed their client a waiting umbrella and murmured that he would have the order sent on to the House...
Bowing slightly from the high waist of his striped trousers, the tailor with the tape modestly introduced himself as the Scott and Hanbury representative and asked who was next. Vag deferred. The first face, visibly impressed by the lapels on the tailor's vest, or rather waistcoat, admitted that he was next, and walked uncertainly into the fitting room...
...that no one was talking in the entrance hall, Vag could hear the conversation inside...